Cape Verde
Population growth in Cape Verde
Population growth in Cape Verde: 1.17% a year in 1950 and 0.49% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 0.49% a year
- Since 1950
- −0.68 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 143 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -1.01% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -1.01% a year in 2100, between -6.62% a year and 3% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 3.32% a year in 1962, the lowest 0.01% a year in 2014.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Cape Verde | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.49 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 0.5 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 0.69 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 0.07 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 0.15 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 0.12 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 0.09 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 0.04 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 0.02 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 0.01 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 0.03 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 0.07 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.13 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.53 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 0.91 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 0.99 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 1.08 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 1.13 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 1.17 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 1.22 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 1.3 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 1.52 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 1.54 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 1.48 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 1.56 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 1.64 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 1.72 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 1.83 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 1.98 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 2.09 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 2.21 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 2.33 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.49 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 1.6 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 1.39 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 1.4 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 1.41 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 1.42 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 1.45 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 1.49 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 1.46 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 1.33 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 1.05 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 1.05 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 1.06 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 1.11 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 1.23 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 0.92 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 0.87 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 0.81 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 1.46 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 2.79 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 3.31 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 3.31 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 3.29 | 2 |
| 1966 | 3.27 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 3.25 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 3.26 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 3.29 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 3.32 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 2.93 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 1.83 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 1.7 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 1.49 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1.29 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 1.16 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 1.11 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 1.01 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 1.07 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 1.15 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 1.22 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 1.17 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Cape Verde | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.48-0.18–1.1 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 0.45-0.44–1.28 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 0.42-0.68–1.41 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 0.42-0.79–1.54 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 0.42-0.95–1.65 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 0.42-1.12–1.75 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 0.43-1.15–1.81 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 0.37-1.24–1.88 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 0.38-1.33–1.97 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 0.34-1.46–2 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 0.35-1.57–2.02 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 0.35-1.59–2.11 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 0.33-1.64–2.12 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 0.33-1.74–2.27 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 0.32-1.77–2.34 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 0.3-1.78–2.32 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 0.27-1.8–2.37 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 0.25-2.04–2.38 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 0.23-2.05–2.37 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 0.21-2.16–2.39 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 0.19-2.16–2.4 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 0.17-2.23–2.38 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 0.14-2.28–2.44 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 0.1-2.34–2.55 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 0.08-2.5–2.76 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 0.06-2.54–2.66 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 0.02-2.62–2.64 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 0-2.62–2.64 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -0.02-2.77–2.64 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -0.06-2.96–2.7 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -0.12-2.92–2.56 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -0.15-2.92–2.55 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -0.17-2.96–2.52 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -0.2-3.13–2.53 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -0.24-3.19–2.48 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -0.28-3.15–2.49 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -0.3-3.29–2.37 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -0.34-3.38–2.43 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -0.38-3.33–2.35 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -0.39-3.34–2.52 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.4-3.38–2.55 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -0.44-3.42–2.56 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -0.48-3.56–2.65 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -0.51-3.75–2.59 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -0.51-3.75–2.52 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -0.54-3.8–2.45 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -0.55-3.97–2.6 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -0.54-3.98–2.56 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.58-3.94–2.59 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -0.6-4.03–2.6 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -0.62-4.07–2.63 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.65-4.04–2.63 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -0.67-4.11–2.65 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -0.68-4.18–2.62 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -0.7-4.16–2.65 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0.75-4.39–2.63 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.77-4.52–2.63 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.8-4.46–2.63 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.81-4.47–2.66 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.81-4.59–2.77 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.85-4.69–2.84 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.87-4.71–2.68 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.87-4.85–2.91 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.89-4.91–2.83 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.91-4.94–2.8 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.94-5.09–2.87 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.94-5.24–2.73 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.94-5.31–2.87 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.95-5.49–2.84 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.98-5.52–2.95 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.98-5.6–2.78 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.98-5.79–2.85 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.98-5.89–2.9 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.99-6.14–2.92 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.99-6.29–2.91 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -1.01-6.35–2.8 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -1.01-6.62–3 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.66% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$19M in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel1,000 people in 2020
- National power0% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.51% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3 million TIV in 2019